Histopathological diagnosis of microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma: Is it reliable?

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the rabbit liver tumor model, n (%)

Variables	Results
Rabbit liver tumor model
Success	37 (92.5)
Failure	3 (7.5)
Rabbit weight (kg), mean ± SD
Before tumor transplanting	2.5 ± 0.4
After successfully modeling	2.8 ± 0.4
Time of tumor growth (day), mean ± SD	20.4 ± 4.0
Tumor location
Left lateral lobe of liver	32 (80.0)
Left medial lobe of liver	5 (12.5)
Mesentery	2 (5.0)
Subcutaneous	1 (2.5)
Intrahepatic tumor number
Single	37 (100.0)
Multiple	0 (0.0)
Intrahepatic tumor size (cm), mean ± SD	1.9 ± 0.5
Microvascular invasion
Positive	30 (81.1)
Negative	7 (18.9)
Concomitant > 1 mm satellite nodule
Yes	9 (30.0)
No	21 (70.0)